Sectional cable for handling logs



W. H. PETERS. SECTIONAL CABLE FOR HANDLING LOGS. APPLICATION man MAYIY, 1919.

1,872,368, Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

W TNESSES l/VVENTUR ATTORNEYS UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

WILLIAM HERMAN PETERS, or so'rnnnmiv, onnoon.

SECTIONAL CABLE FOR HANDLING LOGS.

To all to from it may concern Be it known that I, VVILLTAM HERMAN Pn'rnns, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sutherlin, in the county of Doug his and State of Oregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sectional Cables for Handling Logs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for use in logging and has for its object the provision of a cable formed in sections which are flexibly connected by clevises to which may be secured chains connected with logs whereby the logs may be properly handled at all times and especially while they are descending an incline, the cable being adapted for connection with any suitable means for exerting a pull thereon for controlling the travel of the logs.

An important object is the provision of a log handling device of this character which may be formed of any desired number of interchangeable sections which are all similar in construction and which are all connected in the same manner.

An additional object is the provision of a log handling device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, highly eflicient in use, durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages in view, the invention consists in the details of construction to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic view showing my cable in elevation and having asoiciated therewith logs, conventional means being illustrated for moving the cable, and

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the meeting ends of two cable sec tions, and showing the means for connecting a log therewith.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designates an incline from which it is desired to move logs indicated at B. The letter C designates some conventional means for operating the pulling cable and this means is illustrated as being a suitable engine D driving a drum or pulley E.

In carrying out my invention I provide a cable which is formed of a plurality of similar sections 10, which may be formed of hemp, wire or other suitable material.

. Specification of Letters Patent.

All the sections are preferably of the same 'length whereby they may be interchangeable in case of breakage or any other'reason, and each section carries at its ends loops 11 which are formed or secured upon the ends of the sections in any desired manner. Engaged with each loop 11 is a ring 12.

In order that the various sections 10 may be connected, I provide at the meeting ends of adjacent sections, a clevis 13 formed as a Ushaped member having its bight portion engaging within the ring 12 at the end of one section and having its arms provided with holes for the passage of a transverse pin 1st engaging the ring 12 at the end of the adjacent section. By this connection it will be seen that the cable sections are efficiently and yet flexibly connected.

In order that the logs B may be properly held against undesired movement and properly controlled during their movement upon the incline A, I provide a chain 15 connected with each log and connected with the U- shaped clevis 13 connecting adjacent cable sections. When the cable winding or drivingdevice C is in operation, it will be seen that as the cable is driven by the drum or pulley E the cable sections having associated therewith the logs, will be moved upon the incline A. Owing to the fact that each log is positively connected by a chain with the clevis connecting the meeting ends of adjacent cable sections, it will be apparent preferred embodiment of my invention, it-

is of course to be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construction, and arrangement of parts as will not depart from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A cable formed of a plurality of sections identical in size and construction,each section having its ends provided with loops and further provided with rings engaged within said loops, a U-shaped clevis having its bight portion engaged within the ring Patented Mar. 22, 1921.

Application filed May 17, 1919. Serial No. 297,897.

at one end 01: one section and having its arms provided with alined holes, a pin extending through said holes and engaging Within the ring at the meeting end of the next adjacent cable section, and a flexible member engaged Within said clevis and adapted for engagement with an object to be moved.

2; In a log handling apparatus, a cable 10 formed of a plurality of similar sections,

VILLIAM HER-MAN PETERS. 

